Head-dress-retaining device.



A. LANGE. HEAD DRESS RETAINING DEVICE. APPLIO-ATION FILED 0013, 1912 Patented Sept. 15,1914,-

UNITED STATES PATENT orrion;

ALBERT LANGE, F PROVIDENCE, RHODE'ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE S. KELLEY COMPANY, INC., 0]? PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT Limos, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and'State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Head-Dress-Retaining Devices, of

- which the following is a specification.

This inv'ention relates to a head dress retaining device, and has for its object to pro-.

vide a simple and inexpensive device of attractive and ornamental appearance that is adapted to releasably engage a ribbon or other hair ornament, and also to provide simple and effective means whereby said device may be detachably connected to the hair of the wearer to attractively display the ornament. in the desired position on the head.

"A further object is to provide a simple and durable hinge construction for the ribbon retaining ycke-and to provide a, fulcrum at the joint for offering the required resistance to the yoke in being closed to cause its natural spring to firmly retain its freeend in the engaging eye.

Vt'ith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly. pointed out in the appended claims.

Of the accompanying drawings: Figure 1-- is a perspective view illustrating my iniproved device with a hair ornament in the form of a ribbon mounted therein. Fig. 2

of the body portion of the retainer as it is struck from sheet stock. Fig. 8 is a top view of the retainer. showing the doubled armed hair pin in retained position and the ribbon loop retainer in position'with the ribbon removed. F 4-.- is a plan view of the underside of the retainer showing the double armed hair pin in normal or released position. Fig. 5'- is an end elevation of the retainer sectioned on line 5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the ornament retaining yoke. as struck from sheet stock. I

Referring to the drawing 10 designates the bodyportion of the retainer, the same being preferablystruck from sheet metal into the form-best illustrated in Fig. 2 hav- HEAD-DRESS-RETAINING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 15 1914, Application filed October 3, 1912. Serial No. 723,740.

at its extremity. This outer end 12 is turned upward into the position illustrated in Fig. 5,-form1ng an ear 13/ The body portion 10 is also provided with an opposltely disposed extending portion 14 slotted at 15 near its outer end. and also bent up as illustrated in Fig. 5, forming a.slotted ear 1 6.

order to readily attach this retainer to the hair of the wearer I have provided a hair pin having two arms 22 normally standing slightly apart, see Fig. 4, the bridge portion 23 of the arms passing through the bearing 1.9 formed in the end portion 18 of the body thereby providing a hinge in which the arms of the pin may swing. These arms extend somewhat beyond the opposite end of said body whereby they are adapted to be engaged by the thumb and finger of the wearer and by pressing them together'and inward toward the body portion they are readily caused to 'enter the space 21 between the horns 20 whereupon by being rethey are engaged by the hook-shaped horns and retained in position by the spring in the arms themselves, see Figs. 1 and 3.

In order to engage the bow of ribbon, illustrated in Fig. 1, or other ornament, and secure the same to the body of the retainer, I have provided a yoke member 24:, the same being preferably struck up out of sheet stock into the form illustrated in Fig. 6, having a hollow center portion 25 leaving two ornamental side arms or hands preferably separated on a curve and joined together at either end, one end of the yoke being providedwith a cross bar 26 around which is bent the tongue 12 forming a joint or hinge on which the yoke may swing, see Fig. 5. The opposite'fend of this yoke is provided with an outwardly extending lip 28 adapted to enter the eye 15 of the ear 16 to hold the yoke in closed position. In orderto provide the necessary spring tension on this yoke I" have extended the end 27 of the same below the cross bar 26 a short distance downward to engage the inner side of the car 13, thereby causing the opposite end of the yoke to normally stand slightly open thus requiring a slight pressure on the yoke to carry it downward and inward sufiiciently to pass the tongue 28 into the eye 15 from the inner side outward. To mount a ribbon or other ornament in this retaining member it is only necessary to press the end inward withdrawing the lip 28 from its slot, swing the yoke backward and insert the ribbon, and upon returningthis lipped end to its slot again the ribbon is securely retained in position and, as will be seen, may be readily detached for the purpose of changing the color or style of the ornament carried therein.

The device itself maybe readily attached to the hair of the wearer in position to display the ornament to the best advantage by simply passing the ends of the hair pin through the hair and then engaging and pressing their ends together, at the same time carrying them inward through the opening 21 between the horns 20, whereupon upon being released they will be engaged by these hooks or horns and securely retain the whole in position to the hair of the wearer.

I claim:

1. A head dress retaining device comprising an elongated body portion having two oppositely disposed laterally extending arms, one of said arms being provided with a longitudinal tongue-like extension, a ribbon retaining yoke of resilient material having a cross bar at one end around which said tongue-like extension is bent to retain said yoke, said yoke having means at the other end to engage the other arm of said body,

and means connected to said body for de tachably connecting the device to the hair of the wearer.

2. A head dress retaining device comprising an elongated body portion having two oppositely disposed laterally extending arms, a ribbon retaining yoke of resilient material having a cross bar at one end around which one of said arms is bent to retain said yoke, said yoke having means at the opposite end adapted to engage and be retained bythe other arm of said body, and means connected to said body for detachably connecting the device to the hair of the wearer.

3. A head dress retaining device comprising an elongated body portion having two oppositely disposed laterally extending arms, a ribbon retaining yoke of resilient material having a cross bar at one end around which one of said arms is bent to retain said yoke, said yoke having means at the opposite end adapted to engage and be retained by the other arm of said body, said yoke having an extension projecting beyond the cross bar and engaging the inner face of the first mentioned arm to provide a tension on the yoke, and means connected to said body for .detachably connecting the device to the hair of the wearer.

In testimony whereof aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT LANGE.

Witnesses:

HOWARD E. BARLOW, E. I. OGDEN. 

